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PM blames Senate for Labor abandoning hate speech reform
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will not pursue racial vilification reform despite criticism from Labor MPs and the recommendation of his own antisemitism envoy, blaming the government’s abandonment of the changes on not being able to control the Senate. Source: The Age.
Mater confirms acquisition of Gold Coast Private Hospital
Mater has announced it is purchasing Healthscope’s Gold Coast Private Hospital. The acquisition comes after Healthscope was placed in receivership in May last year with $1.6 billion of debt. Source: The Catholic Leader.
Light will always win: Vinnies
The St Vincent de Paul Society will join Australians in the National Day of Mourning today to honour the Bondi attack victims, standing in solidarity with the Jewish community, writes the society’s national president, Mark Gaetani.
In Christ, God shows us our true identity: Pope
The grandeur of the Incarnation cannot be reduced to viewing Jesus as a mere messenger of “intellectual truths”, but must be received as God’s full embrace of the human condition — including Christ’s “true and integral humanity”, Pope Leo XIV said yesterday. Source: EWTN News.
Catholics challenged to rethink Christianity as love ‘in the flesh’
Christianity is not a set of rules but the radical claim that God has united himself to humanity “in the flesh”, according to US-based Theology of the Body expert Christopher West. Source: The Catholic Weekly.
Stormbirds fly in to support ‘forgotten victims’ of natural disasters
MacKillop Seasons’ Stormbirds program is playing a critical role in helping schools and communities rebuild resilience and wellbeing. Source: MacKillop Family Services.
Pope evaluating invite to join Trump’s ‘Board of Peace’
Pope Leo XIV is evaluating an invitation by United States President Donald Trump to join his “Board of Peace”, an international body chaired by Mr Trump to oversee the governance and reconstruction of Gaza, the Vatican Secretary of State said yesterday. Source: OSV News.
Church opposes renewal of mining contract in Philippines
The Catholic Church has opposed the renewal of a coal mining contract on Semirara Island, in the central Philippines, citing its destructive effects on farmers and fisherfolk over the past five decades. Source: Crux.
Pope blesses lambs on feast of St Agnes
Pope Leo XIV blessed two lambs in the Urban VIII Chapel at the Vatican yesterday, on the feast of St Agnes, a Roman martyr often depicted with a lamb. Source: CNS.